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Published 11:10 pm, Tuesday, December 25, 2012

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1 Deadly crash: All 27 people on board a military plane - a crew of seven and 20 border guards - died Tuesday when the aircraft crashed in southern Kazakhstan near the city of Shymkent. No cause was given, but the region in recent weeks has been buffeted by winds and heavy snow, causing widespread flight delays. An investigation was opened into the crash of the Russian-made Antonov An-72, authorities said.

2Japan politics: Shinzo Abe, Japan's prime-minister-to-be, announced his top lieutenants Tuesday and promised that his conservative party will pursue new policies to tackle the nation's chronic economic woes. Abe, who led his Liberal Democratic Party to victory in elections Dec. 16, is to be installed as prime minister Wednesday. The Japanese economy has been mired in deflation for two decades. Abe is looking to boost public-works spending by as much as $119 billion, according to party officials.

3 Students injured: A man who was angry about a court ruling used his car to run down high school students in northern China, injuring 13, state news reported Tuesday. It was the second major attack on students in China in less than two weeks. Yin Tiejun, 48, ran down 23 students at the school in Fengning County, in Hebei province, on Monday, Xinhua reported. He was detained on charges of endangering public safety. On Dec. 14, a man with a meat cleaver injured 23 students in adjacent Henan province.

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4 Naval drill: Iran is planning naval maneuvers in international waters near the strategic Strait of Hormuz, where one-fifth of the world's oil supply passes, state's news agency reported Tuesday. The Islamic Republic News Agency quoted Iran's navy chief, Adm. Habibollah Sayyari, as saying the maneuvers will begin Friday from the Strait of Hormuz to the northern part of the Indian Ocean. Iran has previously threatened to close the strait over Western sanctions aimed at its nuclear program.

5 Ailing leader: Vice President Nicolas Maduro surprised Venezuelans with a Christmas Eve announcement that President Hugo Chavez is up and walking two weeks after cancer surgery in Cuba. Maduro said he spoke by phone with Chavez for 20 minutes Monday night. It was the first time a top government official had confirmed talking personally with Chavez since the Dec. 11 operation, his fourth cancer surgery since 2011. The government has provided little information so far about Chavez's condition.

6 Emergency landing: A flight packed with tourists crash-landed on a road in central Burma on Tuesday, killing at least two people and injuring 11 others, officials said. The fatalities were described as Burma citizens; four foreigners were among the injured on the Air Bagan flight. The plane was carrying 71 people from Mandalay to Heho airport in Shan State, the gateway to a popular tourist destination, Inle Lake. Air Bagan identified the injured as two Americans, a French national and a Taiwanese.

7 Royal greetings: Queen Elizabeth II hailed the holidays in a new dimension, broadcasting her Christmas message for the first time in 3-D. The monarch paid tribute to the armed forces, and expressed gratitude for the outpouring of enthusiasm for her Diamond Jubilee celebrations. Her switch to 3-D was not the only technological leap for prominent British figures this Christmas. The Archbishops of Canterbury and York chose to tweet their sermons for the first time, in order to bring Christmas to a new digital audience.